Coaster cycle



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Patented Feb. 27, 1945 UN TE STATES PATENT OFFICE I J 2.3mm v ooasrnn CYCLE .I. 'McUormack, Kansas City, Mo.

Application April 10, 1944, Serial No. 530,258

(on. est-n02) Claims.

This invention relates to vehicles, particularly a coaster cycle, and has for its principal object to provide a vehicle'oi this character that is of strong, rigid construction and which may be comiorta'bly operated both-as a coasterand as a foot propelled'vehicle.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a simple and inexpensive frame structure; to provide a steering. postadapted for simplified mount :ing on the supporting frame of the vehicle; provide a brake mechanism having few/parts;

and to provide a construction which adapted Fig. 4 is a detailed section through the rear ."IYhe wheel 8 includes :a hub portion 1 {that is 'rotatably mounted on the axle as best shown "in Fig. 4 and the. hub is spaced centrally between the side members by washers t5 and IBinser'ted on the axle between the ends of the hub M and the inner :faces of the side members 9 and +0 or the frame. The upper edges of the side members upper member to mount a steering post 19 there axle and hub portion of the 'rear'wheel on the line 4-4oi Fig.3.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

1 designates a coaster cycle constructed in accordance' with the present invention and which includes a frame 2 comprising upper and lower members 3 and 4 converging rearwardly thereof and supported in fixed spaced relation by spacers The upper and lower members 3 and 4 including the spacers 5 and B may be formed of boards having thesam'e width so thattth'e' side edges thereof lie in common planes; The upper .memher 3 is of greater length than the lower member ll so as to provide a guard portion 1 extending over the rear "wheel 8 which is mounted directly to the rear of the terminal end of the lower membar I and between side members 9 and 10. The side members! and I0 havetheirforwar d ends secured to the sides of their-out spacer-and overlap the sides of the rear spacer with the lower edges thereof coextensive with the sides of the member I asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The ends of the side members terminate slightly short of the guard portion 7 of the upper i'nember and have registering transverse openings, ll and 12 for mounting the ends or an axle L3. The axle 13 preferably comprises a tube and the ends are pressed within the openings so as to preventdispositioning thereof.

between. The steering post .is also "preferably formed of rectangular stock -conform=ing in width to the width of the longitudinal members and has arms 20 and 2| attached to thesides thereof by suitable fastening devices such as nails 22 with the lower ends thereof depending belowthe lower member to Q My. an axle 23 therebetween and whichjourna a-steering wheel 24. A

Thesteering post is pivotaliy retained to turn on a. substantially'vertical axis by means of lag screws 25 and 25 thatrespectively-extend through openings 21 and 28 in the upper and lower members respectively and which are threaded into the ends of the post as shown in Fig. 2. The steering post is also provided with a handle bar. 29 that extends through an opening 30 in the post, the opening (being located so that the point of the lag screw 25 anchors the handle bar in position.

Mounted on the upper member 3 above the forward "spacer is a seat 3| su ported in substan ti-ally level position by a prop 32 attached to the underside of the seat and having a notched lower 1 portion 33 for engaging the upperlongitudi-nal member 3 to prevent-lateral movement of the seat. The seat is adjus'tably mounted on the upper member and .is retained in adjusted position by atastening device such as a 'bolt 34 having the head 35 thereof countersunk in an opening at'the forward end of the seat and the shank 36 tending into one of a series of openings 31 provided in the upper longitudinal member as shown in Fig. 2. The shank of the bolt is provided with .a nut 38 whereby the seat may be drawn into clamping engagement. with the upper longitudinal member. I

The lower longitudinal member is preferably provided forwardly of the seat with a footb'oald 39 preferably supported in inclined position by a spacer block 40 mountedbetween the rear edge 2' of the board and the underface of the lower longitudinal member as shown in Fig. 2, the footboard being secured by nailing or the like.

The coaster is preferably provided with a brake which includes a brake rod 4| slidably supported in openings 42 in the spacers 5 and 6 and which has a brake shoe 43 on the rear end thereof adapted to engage the periphery of the rear wheel 8, the brake shoe being normally retained out of contact with the wheel by a fiat through an opening 48 in an actuating lever 49' and which is pivotally connected thereto by a pin 50. The lower endof the lever 49 is pivotally supported in'an opening 5| provided in the lower member of the frame, the pivot being formed by a pin 52 extending transversely through the lower member as clearlyshown in Figs; 1 and 2.

In using the coaster cycle the rider straddles the device and sits on the seat 3| with his hands gripping the handle bar 29. One foot is placed uponthe footboard 39' while the other foot is used as a pusher to propel the vehicle along the ground. When the vehicle is used for coasting, the rider places both feet upon the footboard'and balances the vehicle similar to the balancing of abicycle.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have I provided a coaster cycle which is well adapted for I Patent is:

1. A vehicle .of the charactersiescribed including,a frame having rearwar y converging upper and lower longitudinal members, spacers between said members, a steering post between the forward ends of said members, means mounting the steering post 'for turning movement between said members, arms fixed to sides of the steering post and extending below the lowerlon- 'gitudinal member, an axle carried by lower ends of said arms, a wheel journalled on the axle for supporting the forward end of said frame, side members having ends projecting rearwardly of the terminal end of the lower member, an axle carried by said projecting ends, and a wheel journalledon said last named axle for supporting the rear of said frame.

2. A vehicle of the character described including, a frame having rearwardly converging upper and lower longitudinal members, spacers between said members, a steering post between the forward ends of said members, means mounting the steering post for turning movement between said members, arms fixedto sides of the steering post and extending below the lower member, an axle carried by lower ends of said arms, a wheel journalled on the axle for supporting the forward end of said frame, side members fixed to said spacers and having ends projecting rearwardly of the terminal end of the lower member, an axle carried by said projecting ends, and a wheel journalled on said last named axle for supporting the rear of said frame.

3. A vehicle of the character described ineluding, a frame having rearwardly converging upper and lowermembers, spacers between said members, a steering post between the forward ends of said members, means mounting the steering post for turning movement between said members, arms fixed to sides of the steering post andextending below the lower member, an axle carried by said arms, a wheel journalled on the axle for supporting the forward end of said frame, side members having ends projecting rearwardly of the terminal end of the lower member, an axle carried by said projecting ends, a wheel journalled on said last named axle for supporting the rear of said frame, a brake rod slidable through openings in said spacers, a brake shoe on v the rear endof said rod for engaging the wheel ing the forward end of said frame, side members projecting rearwardly of the terminal end of the lower member, a wheel positioned between the side -members for supporting the rear of said frame, a brake rod located between the side members and slidable through openings in said spacers, a brake shoe onthe rear end of said rod for engaging the wheel supporting the rear of the frame, means urging the brake rod into position I to support the brake shoe out of contact-with said-wheel, and brake rod actuating means carried by the lower of said members and having connection with the brake rod for effecting movement of thebrake shoe in contact with said wheel.

5. A vehicle of the character described including, a lower longitudinal member, a wheel supporting the rear end of said member and journalled for rotation about an axis above said member, a steering, post journalled at the forward end of said member and having depending arms extending below said member, a wheel rotatably carried by said arms below said member, an upper longitudinal member, means cooperating with the steering post for supporting the upper longitudinal member above thefirstjnamed longitudinal member, and a seat on said last named longitudinal member. 1

6. A vehicle of the character described including, upper and lower longitudinal 7 members, means spacing the rear ends of said members, a steering post between the forward ends of said members, lag screws extending through openings in the forward ends of said members and threaded into ends of the steering post for journalling the steering post, arms fixed to sides of the steering post, arms extending rearwardly of the lower member," and Wheels journalled between said arms.

'7; A vehicle of the character described including," upper and' lower longitudinal members, meansspacingthe rear ends of said members, a steering post journalled between the forward ends of said members, arms fixed to sides elf-"the lag screws extending through openings in the forward ends of said members and threaded into ends of the steering post for journalling the steer-- ing post.

9. A vehicle of the character described including, a lower longitudinal member, a wheel supporting the rear end of said member and journalled for rotation about axis above said member, a steering post ,journalled at the forward end of said member and having depending arms extend-' ing below said member, a wheel rotatably carried by said arms below said member, an upper 1ongitudinal member, means cooperating with the steering post for supporting the upper longitudinal member upon the lower longitudinal meming, a frame having rearwardly converging upp and lower members, spacers between said members, a steering post between the forward ends of said members, arms fixed to sides of the steering post and extending below the lower member, an axle carried by lower ends of said arms, a wheel journalled on the axle for supporting the forward end of said frame, side members fixed to said spacers and having ends projecting rearwardly of theterminal end of the lower member, an axle carried by said projecting ends, a wheel journalled on said last named axle for supporting the rear of said frame, a seat having a forward portion resting on the upper member, a spacer supporting the rear portion of said seat and having a notch for receiving the upper longitudinal member, and a fastening device carried by the seat and projectable through a series of openings in the upper member to adjustably her, a seat on the upper longitudinal member, and 20 anchor said seat.

a foot rest on the lower longitudinal member.

10. A vehicle of the character described includ- J. W. MCCORMACK. 

